title: A Case Report of Iatrogenic Pulmonary Artery Injury due to Chest-Tube Insertion Repaired under Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
abstract: The authors presented a case of a 50-year-old patient with multiple trauma who suffered from the inadvertent cannulation of the main pulmonary artery at the second attempt of left chest drainage. Pulmonary artery injury has been suspected because early chest tube production was 2300 mL of blood. CT scan showed injury of the trunk of the pulmonary artery, left hemothorax, and suspect damage of the right branch of the pulmonary artery. That chest tube touched the posterior wall of ascending aorta. Surgical approach was median sternotomy. Exploration showed a perforation of the trunk of pulmonary artery without lesion of the right pulmonary branch and the posterior wall of the ascending aorta. The lesion was repaired under normothermic partial cardiopulmonary bypass. Postoperative period was free of events. Review of the literatures for this rare case report has been done.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Fann, CHN Fann Dakar Sénégal, BP 5035, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: Ciss Amadou
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Dieng Papa
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Adama
authors.forename: Ba Papa
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Salmane
authors.forename: Gaye
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authors.lastname: Magaye
authors.forename: Diatta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Souleymane
authors.forename: Leye
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authors.lastname: Mohamed
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authors.forename: Sene Etienne
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Birame
authors.forename: N'diaye
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authors.lastname: Assane
authors.forename: Diarra
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authors.lastname: Oumar
authors.forename: Kane
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authors.lastname: Oumar
authors.forename: N'diaye
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authors.lastname: Mouhamadou